Concorde had a cruising speed of 2,179 kilometers or 1,354 miles per hour, which was Mach 2 - twice the speed of sound. A New York to London flight would only take 3 hours, therefore making it much... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 57 views • 2:58

YouTube description: Hold on tight, because with a stabilised camera shot and a pair of sunglasses, you're about to see a video that works in both 2D and 3D at the same time. The technique's called... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,804 views • 3:31

YouTube description: "The wood makes the sound gentler and more... woody" Meet the flute that our principal Lisa Beznosiuk uses for playing Bach, Handel, Rameau and people like that.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months ago • 719 views • 4:56

YouTube description: It's not your imagination; hold music on phones really did sound better in the old days. Here's why, as we talk about old telephone exchanges and audio compression. Thanks to... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 410 views • 3:36

YouTube description: Brace yourselves, this video is about Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. (H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 2,504 views • 10:03

In this classic Sesame Street clip, we take a visit to the saxophone factory to see how the horn is made. Throughout, a delightful free jazz soundtrack acts as foley sound, instead of us hearing the (probably... continue reading

posted by BSR 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 69 views • 2:06

In Lancaster, California, there's a musical road. When you drive over it, it plays the William Tell Overture. Unfortunately, it's out of tune. Here's why.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months ago • 1,270 views • 3:29

YouTube description: How Schlieren imaging works in color, black and white and slow-mo. Filming by Raquel Nuno Sound Effects by A Shell in the Pit (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 311 views • 8:59

In Crawfordsville, Indiana, there's a rotary jail: an invention that, with hindsight, should probably never have been built. But it was, here and in other towns across the United States. It might have... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months ago • 753 views • 3:17

YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months ago • 411 views • 3:56

YouTube: Go see if Eons is for you: http://www.youtube.com/eons Other cool things about Trilobites People have been collecting them for at least tens of thousands of years, as they've been found in... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 103 views • 3:39

YouTube: Sugar alcohol sounds like a fun adult dessert, but what is it really?

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 28 views • 3:33

"We're all familiar with Pomp & Circumstance, the graduation song that's the official soundtrack of almost every commencement. But how did it get so big? In this episode of Vox's Almanac, Phil Edwards... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years ago • 132 views • 5:34

I was wondering about the yowling. My orange tabby has picked that up [quite loudly at 4am] about two years ago. Good thing I'm still up!

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 week ago • 741 views • 2:44

South Park is home to a surprising number of tempting foodstuffs. Granted, they're all subtly gross in one way or another, but that doesn't make Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls sound any less appealing. Especially... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 weeks ago • 258 views • 9:33

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 601 views • 1:37

It's been a long time since I did a linguistics video, but today Alex has stepped in and done a brilliant job. Song translations usually suck: and it's because you either have to lose the meaning or the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 328 views • 4:25

Hot and cold water sound different when you pour them. When Steve pitched this to me, I didn't believe it, and then he sent me a couple of sound files, at which point I knew this was going to be the first... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 496 views • 2:38

YouTube: "All audible musical sound is given us for the sake of harmony, which has motions akin to the orbits in our soul, and which, as anyone who makes intelligent use of the arts knows, is not to be... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 44 views • 13:41